Webb County under flash flood watch after heavy rains Tuesday

Cars drive through a flooded N. Arkansas Avenue near the intersection with Guadalupe Street on Sept. 26, 2017.

Cars drive through a flooded N. Arkansas Avenue near the intersection with Guadalupe Street on Sept. 26, 2017.

Photo: Danny Zaragoza/Laredo Morning Times

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Cars drive through a flooded N. Arkansas Avenue near the intersection with Guadalupe Street on Sept. 26, 2017.

Cars drive through a flooded N. Arkansas Avenue near the intersection with Guadalupe Street on Sept. 26, 2017.

Photo: Danny Zaragoza/Laredo Morning Times

Webb County under flash flood watch after heavy rains Tuesday

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Webb County is under a flash flood watch through 7 p.m. Wednesday. The National Weather Service also issued a river flood warning for the area. That warning is in effect from today until further notice.

Laredo continued to see heavy rainfall throughout Tuesday.

The flood stage is 8 feet. The driver is forecast to rise above that stage late Wednesday morning and continue to rise to nearly 15 feet by early Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service said in the advisory. At 16 feet, water flows into the Los Dos Laredos Park and covers portions of Pedregal Street near the park.

"Abundant moisture will make ... showers and storms capable of producing rainfall rates of 2 to 4 inches per hour," according to the National Weather Service. "Depending on the movement of the main area of heavy rain, the flash flood watch may need to be expanded eastward on Wednesday."

There's a 90 percent chance of precipitation in Laredo today and a 50 percent chance Thursday.

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected across the western brush country with maximum additional rain amounts up to 6 inches possible.